Chapter 717: Chapter 479: A Different Fate
“It’s my fault, thank you, Doctor Xiao Lin.” The daughter of the old master was very grateful to Chuxia for her righteousness, and after glancing at her and her brother’s faces, she imdiately had an idea. When Chuxia left the room, the woman quietly followed her out. “Is there sothing?” Chuxia turned back to look at her, asking with a puzzled face.
“Doctor Xiao Lin, although my brother is the youngest in the family, he is the most filial and has a careful heart. Any woman who marries him will definitely be the happiest in the world.”
“I can see that, he is indeed very filial and considerate.” Chuxia smiled at her. “You can rest assured your brother is taking good care of things here.”
“Doctor Xiao Lin, since you also think my brother is a good person, why don’t you two have a talk and give it a try?”
“My husband is here.” Chuxia pointed to Zhou Mikang, who was approaching. This thod was the most effective; the woman automatically stopped in her tracks, her mouth hanging open.
When Chuxia ca to work the next day, the woman dodged at the sight of her, embarrassed to have tried to set soone up without understanding the situation first. It was too humiliating!
“Sister Xing, not happy to see ?” Chuxia teased with a smile.
The woman who had been trying to hide around the corner stopped and laughed awkwardly. “Doctor Xiao Lin, you’re here. I’m so sleepy, I didn’t see it was you.”
Chuxia didn’t expose her, smiling and waving her hand. “Go ho and get so sleep.”
Another person who felt uncomfortable seeing Chuxia was Cheng Guo. Chuxia hadn’t worked yesterday during the day, and he had even felt relieved, but today, not showing up would be inappropriate.
After much deliberation, he chose lunchti to co find Chuxia, only to find Luo Xiaoqiong, Liu ijun, and Wu Jingbo already gathered there.
Seeing the lunchbox in his hand, Luo Xiaoqiong teased him. “Brother Cheng, since you’ve brought a lunchbox, who exactly are you planning to feed?”
“To…” Cheng Guo wished he could find a hole to crawl into. If only he had thanked Chuxia during work, wouldn’t that have been much better? If this was misunderstood, would his group leader take his head off?
“To who?” Luo Xiaoqiong batted her eyelashes, “If you don’t tell us, we might just start eating it.”
Cheng Guo sighed in relief and went with the flow. “It’s for you guys to try.”
Fried yellow croaker, scrambled eggs with green onions, and a serving of dry stir-fried green beans—it was a lavish lunchbox.
Although the canteen’s food was delicious, eating it every day could get tireso. Luo Xiaoqiong handed out a pair of chopsticks to each person and unceremoniously started eating first.
Knowing about Cheng Guo’s incident from the day before yesterday, Wu Jingbo guessed the purpose of his visit and imdiately knocked Luo Xiaoqiong’s chopsticks away. “What’s the rush? You should let Cheng Guo’s lifesaver have the first bite.”
“What happened to Brother Cheng?”
Neither Liu ijun nor Luo Xiaoqiong knew about the incident from the day before yesterday where Chuxia took the fall for Cheng Guo, and they stared at Wu Jingbo with surprise.
Cheng Guo confessed with a bitter face. “I, I suddenly fainted the day before yesterday and crashed into Lin Chuxia.”
“Pfft!”
Luo Xiaoqiong and Liu ijun burst out laughing. Seeing Chuxia sitting fine, they knew she wasn’t hurt, so they laughed without any guilt.
“So heartless!” Chuxia rolled her eyes at them and looked at Cheng Guo with a mischievous smile. “Brother Cheng, we’ve already eaten, but your food is too tempting, so to punish you for knocking down the day before yesterday, you get to go hungry.”
“I have another portion, my mom made it especially to thank you,” Cheng Guo said, then quickly slipped away. Staying here put too much pressure on him.
Chuxia went ho every day, Liu ijun every other day, and Wu Jingbo would visit her uncle’s house once or twice a week. Therefore, the one most in need of good food was Luo Xiaoqiong, who was getting sick of the canteen’s dishes. Without waiting for anyone else to start, she had already begun gobbling up the food like a whirlwind.
The other three, who had picked up their chopsticks, set them down again to watch her eat.
It wasn’t until she’d finished more than half of the food in the lunchbox that Luo Xiaoqiong wiped her mouth. “Why aren’t you eating? Eat, I can’t finish it all by myself.”
The others: “…” Could you be any more shaless?
Chuxia decided that from now on, she would take Luo Xiaoqiong ho twice a week for a good al. Staying at Zhou’s wasn’t appropriate, but staying at the Wan family was an option, as Old Master Wan liked a lively house.
“Here you go.” Wu Jingbo returned with the empty lunchbox and set it down in front of Cheng Guo, who was daydreaming. Cheng Guo looked up at him, nodded absently, and continued to be lost in thought.
In the past, he always felt he had nothing in common with Li Xiaoru, unlike with Wu Jingbo, with whom he could talk about anything. He had hoped more than once that Li Xiaoru would leave him on her own so he could look for his true love.
Now that Li Xiaoru had left, he should have been happy, but why did he feel so blocked up inside? Even seeing Wu Jingbo didn’t lift his mood as it used to.
“Thinking about Sister Xiao Ru?” Wu Jingbo asked.
“Ah!” Cheng Guo’s gaze returned, and he sighed heavily, “I don’t know if I’ll ever see her again in this lifeti. Actually, her intention to leave was quite clear. Why didn’t I see it? If it wasn’t for , her family wouldn’t have left, it was who drove them away. Jingbo, I regret it so much now I want to stab myself to death.”
“Don’t be too anxious. Maybe, after so ti, once she settles down and her mood stabilizes, she might write to you.”
“Really?” Cheng Guo looked at Wu Jingbo with so expectation, “She liked talking to you. In your past conversations, wasn’t there any clue or hint?”
Wu Jingbo tried hard to recall, but after a long while, he shook his head: “No.”
Cheng Guo’s eyes gradually dimd, and he rested his head on the table to continue zoning out.
Wu Jingbo had noticed Cheng Guo’s feelings for himself before, but now, seeing his current state, it was clear that he had co to know who he truly liked. It made her feel both relieved and sad; he had finally understood what kind of girl he wanted, but it was too late to find her. She hoped that lovers would eventually beco families.
“Junior Sister, I liked you once,” Cheng Guo suddenly said.
“I know,” Wu Jingbo looked at him candidly, “but I am sure now that it wasn’t true liking. It was because you didn’t cherish what you had, mistaking your feelings.”
“When I was with Xiao Ru, we had nothing in common, and I began to reject her more and more. I’m sure she felt it long ago, but she never said anything. In front of , she always seed happy, always going along with what I wanted.
My parents always said in front of that she wasn’t good enough for . That thought took root in my heart bit by bit, and I truly began to feel she wasn’t good enough for , and then I ignored her more and more.
But now that she has really left, I can’t stop recalling every little mory I had with her, from our childhood to our reunion. I don’t even know if it’s out of guilt or because I liked her.”
Emotions, perhaps, are just like that; they are always intermingled with pain to show their worth. Wu Jingbo didn’t know how to comfort Cheng Guo and could only respond with silence.
Qin i’s wound had healed very well, and she could now sit up halfway. Mother Qin was reassured and went to work, leaving her daughter in the care of Huang Li and her daughter-in-law.
“Sister, has Director Zhou never co to visit you?” During the day, Wang Fong was her companion. Unable to suppress her curiosity, she leaned in close to Qin i and asked softly.
“He’s a leader, so busy; how could he have ti to co here?” Qin i knew what Wang Fong was thinking and said helplessly, “How many tis have I told you, Director Zhou and I have nothing more than a superior-subordinate relationship?”
“Sister, there’s nothing to be ashad of. If Director Zhou had no feelings for you, why would he arrange for soone to take care of you?” Wang Fong whispered mysteriously, “Is he maybe afraid that after getting married, he’d have to listen to you, so he’s intentionally keeping a distance now?”
She couldn’t make her understand, so Qin i simply closed her eyes and ignored her.
Wang Fong sat at the neighboring bed. The man accompanying the old man had no choice but to overhear their conversation. He glanced at Qin i’s sowhat pale face and couldn’t help but sigh softly.
Having been at the hospital for a few days, he had a general understanding of Qin i’s situation and thought it was rather pitiable to have such a brother.
Speaking of Cao Cao and Cao Cao appears, Qin Sheng entered the ward nonchalantly, smiled at Qin i and said, “Sis, do you want to invite your brother-in-law over for you?”
“Qin Sheng!” Qin i glared at him, “Don’t ss around. How many tis have I told you, there’s nothing between and Director Zhou, why can’t you two understand that?”
“Are you so afraid of basking in my light?” Qin Sheng rolled his eyes at her and turned to Wang Fong, “I’m hungry, go ho and make lunch for .”
“Okay.” Wang Fong couldn’t wait to leave, quickly agreeing and getting up to go out. Qin Sheng didn’t even give Qin i a second glance and walked out.
“Do I not need to accompany you anymore?” Wang Fong asked joyfully.
“No need to, it’s a waste of ti anyway,” Qin Sheng snorted coldly, “Your aunt is quite a character. How old is she, and she stole my brother-in-law.”
“What do you an?” Wang Fong looked at Qin Sheng blankly, “What are you talking about?”
“What do I an?” Qin Sheng couldn’t help but roll his eyes again, “At lunch, I saw your aunt with Zhou Shanping.”
“You an…” Wang Fong’s eyes widened, “My aunt and Zhou Shanping are together now?”
“Yeah, I was curious and sat behind them. They were discussing how to announce their relationship to their families.”
“Are you ssing with ?”
Qin Sheng just chuckled: “If it was soone else, maybe I would be ssing, but your aunt is my aunt. Whether it’s my brother-in-law or my uncle by marriage, it’s all the sa to .”
“You an, you’re going to live with at my house?” Wang Fong looked at him excitedly, “You’ve agreed to be married into our family? You agreed our future children will take the Wang surna? Don’t lie to , I take things seriously.”
“Why would I lie to you?” Qin Sheng wrapped his arm around her shoulder and walked out, “My folks at ho are all favoring my sister. With our family’s poor condition, what’s the use for to stay there? Let’s go, we’ll get remarried now!”(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welco to vote for it at Qidian (qidian). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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